Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
July 2026

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of July 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 10781 plays from 378 playlists from 96 Folk DJs

  1: "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years," Pharis & Jason Romero [Self, 5/2026] (85)
        "Big Time World" (15)
        "These Are The Days" (13)
        "Left My Home" (12)
  2: "Mayday!," George Mann & Si Kahn [Legacy, 7/2026] (56)
        "Stranger In This Land" (10)
        "Hard Times" (8)
        "Ask The Penguin, Ask The Seal" (7)
  3: "Esperanza," Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt [Crooked Cyclone, 6/2026] (55)
        "La Madrugada Tucsonense" (12)
        "Thanksfull Anyway" (8)
  4: "Hand's Cove," Ken & Brad Kolodner [Fenchurch, 6/2026] (45)
        "Little Bird of Heaven" (6)
  5: "The Air That You Breathe," Lance Cowan [Lantzapalooza, 7/2026] (44)
        "The Air That You Breathe" (10)
        "Where'd They Go" (8)
        "Home With You" (6)
  6: "All My Faith," Maya de Vitry [Mad Maker, 7/2026] (38)
        "All My Faith" (8)
        "Bachelorette Lessons" (6)
        "Coin in Your Soul" (6)
        "Nobody Else" (5)
  7: "Days of Unrest," Margo Price [Loma Vista, 7/2026] (36)
        "Deportee" (11)
        "Oval Room" (7)
        "Maggie's Farm" (6)
  7: "Diving In," Lynn Hollyfield [Self, 7/2026] (36)
        "We Are The People" (17)
  7: "Nightclothes," Annie Gallup [Gallway Bay, 2/2026] (36)
        "Elephant" (5)
        "Robots" (5)
 10: "When I Am a Fossil," Benny Bleu [Circus Tent, 5/2026] (32)
        "Old Dog" (6)
        "Serenity Song" (5)
        "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (5)
        "March of the Mollusk" (4)
 11: "Mirroring the Wildness," Vanessa Lively [Animada, 7/2026] (31)
        "Red Wolf" (7)
        "Ready to Find You" (5)
        "Realm of Memories" (4)
        "Beyond the Wall" (4)
 12: "Union Made," Old Crow Medicine Show [Hartland, 6/2026] (30)
        "My Side of the Mountain" (6)
        "Howdy Do America" (4)
 13: "Thread the Light," The McDades [Free Radio, 5/2026] (29)
        "Dance Around the Spinning Wheel" (6)
        "Roving Gambler" (5)
        "The Lily of the West" (4)
 14: "Baggage Flies Free," Ed Snodderly [Majestic, 5/2026] (26)
        "When Doc Watson Came To Johnson City" (5)
        "Coming Down This Road" (4)
        "This Old Guitar" (4)
 15: "Willow & Stone," Jenny Reynolds [Self, 6/2026] (25)
        "I'm Not The One" (6)
        "Listening To The Rain" (5)
 16: "Heirloom," Nathan Evans Fox [Free Dirt, 7/2026] (24)
        "Hillbilly Hymn" (6)
        "Little Bit of Shine" (6)
        "Heirloom" (5)
        "Jackpot" (3)
 16: "Ozark Shine," Sad Daddy [Catfish, 7/2026] (24)
        "Did We Turn Off The Stove" (5)
        "Kerosene Dream" (4)
        "Let's Go Fishin" (3)
        "Don't You Take My Dollar Bill" (3)
        "Bootlegger" (3)
 16: "Pattonville," Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus [Berkalin, 6/2026] (24)
        "Wouldn't Change a Thing" (5)
        "Ghosts in This Room Tonight" (4)
        "On a Hilltop by Old County Road" (3)
        "Hard Times" (3)
        "Mean Old Man" (3)
 19: "Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still," Sophie Wellington [Adhyâropa, 7/2026] (23)
        "Shacks and Chalets" (4)
        "Jack of Diamonds" (3)
        "Scolding Wife" (3)
        "In Seaport Town" (3)
        "Black Pat's Reel" (3)
 20: "Simple As," Johnsmith [Blue Pine, 5/2026] (22)
        "Simple As" (5)
        "Falling" (3)
        "Don't Let Us Get Sick" (3)
 21: "Hope Is the Thing," Rhiannon Giddens [Nonesuch, 7/2026] (21)
        "Carolina Rain" (21)
 21: "In the Hour of Chaos," Allison Russell [Fantasy, 7/2026] (21)
        "No Springtime" (5)
        "Rainbows" (5)
        "Really Real" (4)
 21: "Middle of Nowhere," Kacey Musgraves [Lost Highway, 5/2026] (21)
        "Everybody Wants To Be A Cowboy" (4)
        "Middle of Nowhere" (3)
        "Abilene" (3)
 24: "Little-Kid Heart," Tipps & Obermiller [Self, 7/2026] (20)
        "The Garden" (6)
        "Dance When You're Broken" (4)
 25: "The Fiddle & the Drum," Renée Fleming [Thirty Tigers, 4/2026] (17)
        "He's Gone Away" (4)
        "The Scarlet Tide" (3)
 25: "Then Again," Rodney Crowell [New West, 7/2026] (17)
        "The Ballad of Artemis and Orion" (6)
        "Are You One Of Us" (3)
 27: "Dream Chaser," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 4/2026] (16)
        "Dream Chaser" (4)
        "Love Overdue" (3)
        "We'd Make A Good Movie" (2)
        "Wonder What I'm Gonna Do" (2)
        "Fly Away" (2)
 27: "The Great Irish Songbook, Vol. 2: Poets & Storytellers," Dervish [Down The Road, 4/2026] (16)
        "The Broad Majestic Shannon" (5)
        "Land of My Other" (3)
        "Leave a Light On" (2)
        "Blue Is The Eye" (2)
        "Rock the MacHine" (2)
 29: "Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways," Various Artists [Smithsonian/Folkways, 7/2026] (15)
        "County Farm Blues," Son House (2)
        "One Dime Blues," Etta Baker (2)
 29: "Long Journey Home," Various Artists [Appalsongs, 9/2025] (15)
        "900 Miles," Tim O'BRIEN (2)
        "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down," Sparky & Rhonda Rucker (2)
        "Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase," Cathy & Marcy's Old Time Coalition (2)
        "Bachelor's Hall," Bruce Molsky w/ Stash Wyslouch (2)
 29: "Lost Cause Lover Fool," The Milk Carton Kids [Thirty Tigers, 2/2026] (15)
        "Blue Water" (3)
        "Ribbon" (3)
        "My Place Among the Stones" (2)
        "Blinded And Smiling" (2)
 29: "Love & Labour," Hannah & Nathan [Self, 4/2026] (15)
        "Maggie" (3)
        "The Blackest Crow" (3)
        "Younger Days" (2)
        "Little Bird" (2)
 29: "Old No. 1 Revisited," Various Artists [Truly Handmade, 4/2026] (15)
        "Texas 1947," Brennen Leigh (3)
        "She Ain't Going Nowhere," Sarah Jarosz (3)
        "Instant Coffee Blues Aaron," Lee Tasjan (3)
        "Despeadoes Waiting for a Train," Andrew Combs (2)
        "L.A. Freeway," Jade Bird (2)
 29: "Sing Me Alive," I'm With Her [Rounder, 5/2026] (15)
        "Crossing Muddy Waters" (4)
        "Ancient Light" (2)
        "Rhododendron" (2)
        "Mother Eagle" (2)
        "The Obvious Child" (2)
 29: "So Much for Goodbyes," Billy Strings [Reprise, 7/2026] (15)
        "Burn the Other End" (15)
 29: "Songs of Hope & Resistance," David Scott Weaver [Self, 7/2026] (15)
        "Everything That Jesus Wouldn't Do" (4)
        "We Cannot Bend" (4)
        "Lift Up Your Voice" (3)
        "I Still Have Hope" (2)
 37: "Appalachia," Emily Scott Robinson [Oh Boy, 1/2026] (14)
        "Appalachia" (6)
        "Cast Iron Heart" (2)
        "Bless It All" (2)
        "Hymn for the Unholy" (2)
 37: "Fortune Teller," Bobby Dove [New Motor, 5/2026] (14)
        "Did I Speak Too Soon" (5)
        "If I Could Only Fly" (3)
 37: "Foreign Tongues," The Rolling Stones [Rolling Stones] (14)
        "Beautiful Delilah" (3)
        "Ringing Hollow" (3)
        "In the Stars" (2)
        "Rough And Twisted" (2)
 37: "Reunion," Mama's Broke [Free Dirt, 5/2026] (14)
        "Build It Up" (8)
        "Heaven" (4)
 37: "A Sign in the Weather," Bella White [Rounder, 7/2026] (14)
        "Little Things" (4)
        "Doing Well" (3)
        "All My Friends" (2)
 37: "Who's Keeping Time?," Alela Diane [Fluff & Gravy] (14)
        "Galloping" (4)
        "Endless Waltz" (3)
        "Fragile As A Flame" (2)
        "Piss, Coffee, Blood Or Wine?" (2)
        "Wide Open Spaces" (2)
 43: "Highway 75," March to August [Self, 6/2026] (13)
        "Highway 75" (3)
        "Red Mountain Hailstorm" (2)
        "Traveling Alone" (2)
 43: "New Ways To Lose," American Aquarium [Thirty Tigers] (13)
        "History Repeats Itself" (4)
        "Dollar General" (4)
 43: "Raise Your Voice," Various Artists [Various Artists, 5/2026] (13)
        "Resist," Ray Weaver (2)
        "Woke," Catherine Pajic (2)
        "Hold On," Jillian Matundan (2)
 43: "Seasons Unknown," The Two Tracks [Self, 6/2026] (13)
        "The Night Has Come" (3)
        "Seasons Unknown" (2)
        "Mexico by Monday" (2)
 47: "Broken River," Hank Alrich [Walkinay, 5/2026] (12)
        "She Had Whiskey for Dinner" (3)
        "Fast Money" (2)
 47: "Next Act," Steep Canyon Rangers [Yep Roc, 6/2026] (12)
        "Halfway To Reno" (2)
        "Sugar Lake" (2)
        "Circling the Drain" (2)
        "Next Act" (2)
 47: "Sugar," Tift Merritt [One Riot] (12)
        "Mad Mad World" (2)
        "Look What Love Just Did" (2)
 47: "Tip of the Spear," Doug Mishkin [Midoaks, 6/2025] (12)
        "Woody's Children" (10)
 47: "Trade My Troubles," Rising Appalachia [Self, 7/2026] (12)
        "In Love with the Quiet" (6)
 52: "Song Of America," Various Artists [Thirty Tigers] (11/14)
        "Sweet Betsy from Pike," Br5-49 (2)
 52: "Break & Mend," The Heists [Muskeg Collective, 7/2026] (11)
        "Break & Mend" (11)
 52: "Distant Country," Jonah Giuliano & Lydia Martin [Self] (11)
        "Sugar Babe" (3)
        "Darlin' Cora" (2)
        "June Apple" (2)
 52: "I Ain'T Got No Home In This World," Sean Kiely [Multiple Logo] (11)
        "I Ain't Got No Home In This World" (11)
 52: "Promised Land," Gina Forsyth [Waterbug, 2012] (11)
        "4th Of July" (7)
 52: "Rhapsody in Blue," Tim Kliphuis Trio [Lowland] (11)
        "Love is Here to Stay" (3)
        "Fascinating Rhythm" (2)
        "Someone to Watch Over Me" (2)
 52: "Earl Jam 2," Tony Trischka [Down The Road, 3/2026] (11)
        "Mom & Dad's Waltz" (2)
 59: "Blue Collar," Chris O'Leary [Alligator] (10)
        "Justice Must Be Blind" (3)
        "One More Cup of Coffee" (2)
 59: "Clovis," Charley Crockett [Atlantic, 7/2026] (10)
        "The Hallelujah Trail" (3)
        "One Eyed Jack" (2)
        "Albuquerque Lights" (2)
 59: "Get Over It, Underdog," Aaron Lee Tasjan [Blue Élan] (10)
        "Ballad of an East Canton Lowlife" (2)
        "Lost & Alone" (2)
 59: "In the Meantime," Brant Miller [Miller Woods, 7/2026] (10)
        "In the Meantime" (5)
        "All My Wild Oats are Sown" (2)
 59: "In the Snug," Tulua [Self] (10)
        "One I Love" (2)
 59: "Low Country Wedding," Jefferson Ross [Self, 4/2026] (10)
        "The Travis Style" (3)
        "Low Country Wedding" (2)
 59: "Wildfire," House of Hamill [Self, 2024] (10)
        "Smokejumper" (2)
        "The Highwayman" (2)
 59: "Cover to Cover," AJ Lee & Blue Summit [Signature Sounds, 7/2026] (10)
        "Fishin' in the Dark" (7)
 67: "Massive Negroni," Sweet Megg [Self, 5/2026] (9/11)
        "Come On Up To The House" (2)
        "Honeysuckle Rose" (2)
 67: "Pete Remembers Woody," Pete Seeger And Friends [Appleseed, 2012] (9/11)
        "Woody Writes This Land Is Your Land" (2)
 67: "Where We Go to Grieve," Laura Hugo [Self] (9/10)
        "Radio" (5)
        "Where We Go to Grieve" (3)
        "Tonight" (2)
 67: "Are You Lonely Like Me?," Clark Paterson [Self] (9)
        "My Last Hundred Bucks" (2)
        "Are You Lonely Like Me?" (2)
 67: "A Blooming Body," Cinder Well [Hen House] (9)
        "Signals" (3)
        "Of Nettles and Roses" (2)
 67: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 4/2025] (9)
        "Broken Truth" (3)
        "Woody's Landlord Revisited" (3)
        "Up in the Attic" (2)
 67: "The Boys of Dungeon Lane," Paul McCartney [MPL/Capitol, 7/2026] (9)
        "Down South" (2)
        "Life Can Be Hard" (2)
 67: "Ends Of The Earth," The Longest Johns [Jetsam] (9)
        "Scrimshaw" (2)
 67: "Hold Our Ground," Tom Chapin [Sundance, 2022] (9)
        "Woody Guthrie's Dream" (7)
 67: "Red-Tailed Hawk," John Ferullo [Self] (9)
        "My Father's Coat" (2)
 67: "Rule of Three," Maura Shawn Scanlin [Belmont, 7/2026] (9)
        "Geremy's Jig" (2)
        "Minor Complications" (2)
 67: "Safe Sensible & Sane," Alison Brown & Steve Martin [Compass, 11/2025] (9)
        "Wall Guitar" (2)
 67: "Tanasi," Tanasi [Indidog, 7/2026] (9)
        "Mahalla/Let's Hold On" (2)
        "Many Rivers to Cross" (2)
 67: "Time," Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band [Thirty Tigers, 5/2026] (9)
        "Rowdy Blues" (4)
 67: "Wake Me Up Martha," Andy Revkin [Self, 5/2026] (9)
        "Wake Me Up Martha" (4)
        "Save Dreams for Sleeping" (2)
 67: "Grey & Greene," Various Artists [Hummin'bird] (9)
        "Mariposa," Les Delisle, Grey and Greene (2)
        "The Pieces," Les Delisle, Grey and Greene (2)
        "You're The One That I Want," Les Delisle, Grey and Greene (2)
        "I'm Gonna Let You Call Me Baby," Grey DeLisle & Les Greene (2)

TOP SONGS of July 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 10781 plays from 378 playlists from 96 Folk DJs

1. "Carolina Rain" (21)
     from "Hope Is the Thing" (Rhiannon Giddens)
2. "We Are The People" (17)
     from "Diving In" (Lynn Hollyfield)
3. "Burn the Other End" (16)
     from "So Much for Goodbyes" (Billy Strings)
4. "These Are The Days" (14)
     from "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years" (Pharis & Jason Romero)
5. "Big Time World" (13)
     from "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years" (Pharis & Jason Romero)
6. "I Ain't Got No Home In This World" (12)
     from "I Ain'T Got No Home In This World" (Sean Kiely)
6. "La Madrugada Tucsonense" (12)
     from "Esperanza" (Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt)
6. "Left My Home" (12)
     from "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years" (Pharis & Jason Romero)
6. "New Pledge" (12)
     from "New Pledge - single" (Andrew Pauls)
10. "Break & Mend" (11)
     from "Break & Mend" (The Heists)
10. "Deportee" (11)
     from "Days of Unrest" (Margo Price)
10. "Woody's Children" (11)
     from "Tip of the Spear" (Doug Mishkin)
13. "The Air That You Breathe" (10)
     from "The Air That You Breathe" (Lance Cowan)
13. "Stranger In This Land" (10)
     from "Mayday!" (George Mann & Si Kahn)
13. "Wild Wolf Woody Guthrie" (10)
     from "Wild Wolf Woody Guthrie - single" (Rob Ferguson)
16. "American Dissident" (9)
     from "American Dissident" (John Flynn)
16. "Power and the Glory" (9)
     from "All The News That's Fit To Sing" (Phil Ochs)
16. "Thanksfull Anyway" (9)
     from "Esperanza" (Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt)
16. "Wheels" (9)
     from "American Cosmic Revival, Vol. 2" (Christian Parker, Patrick Cleary, Earl Poole Ball)
20. "All My Faith" (8)
     from "All My Faith" (Maya de Vitry)
20. "Build It Up" (8)
     from "Reunion" (Mama's Broke)
20. "Cannonball" (8)
     from "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years" (Pharis & Jason Romero)
20. "Hard Times" (8)
     from "Mayday!" (George Mann & Si Kahn)
20. "If Jesus Had An AK" (8)
     from "If Jesus Had An AK - single" (John Flynn)
20. "Love Is Everywhere" (8)
     from "Love Is Everywhere - single" (Trampled By Turtles)
20. "Oval Room" (8)
     from "Days of Unrest" (Margo Price)
20. "Where'd They Go" (8)
     from "The Air That You Breathe" (Lance Cowan)
28. "4th Of July" (7)
     from "Promised Land" (Gina Forsyth)
28. "Ask The Penguin, Ask The Seal" (7)
     from "Mayday!" (George Mann & Si Kahn)
28. "Dance Around the Spinning Wheel" (7)
     from "Thread the Light" (The McDades)
28. "Deportee" (7)
     from "Sing It While You Can" (Mason Via & Lucinda Williams)
28. "Fishin' in the Dark" (7)
     from "Cover to Cover" (AJ Lee & Blue Summit)

TOP ARTISTS of July 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 10781 plays from 378 playlists from 96 Folk DJs

1. Pharis & Jason Romero (82)
        "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years" (75)
2. Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt (64)
        "Esperanza" (54)
3. George Mann & Si Kahn (58)
        "Mayday!" (54)
4. Woody Guthrie (51)
        "My Dusty Road" (6)
5. Ken & Brad Kolodner (50)
        "Hand's Cove" (44)
6. Lance Cowan (46)
        "The Air That You Breathe" (44)
7. Maya de Vitry (39)
        "All My Faith" (38)
8. Annie Gallup (37)
        "Nightclothes" (36)
9. Bob Dylan (36)
        "Oh Mercy" (4)
9. Lynn Hollyfield (36)
        "Diving In" (36)
9. Vanessa Lively (36)
        "Mirroring the Wildness" (31)
12. Margo Price (34)
        "Days of Unrest" (31)
12. Old Crow Medicine Show (34)
        "Union Made" (29)
14. Benny Bleu (32)
        "When I Am a Fossil" (32)
15. Ed Snodderly (31)
        "Baggage Flies Free" (26)
15. The McDades (31)
        "Thread the Light" (29)
17. Johnsmith (29)
        "Simple As" (22)
17. Rhiannon Giddens (29)
        "Hope Is the Thing" (21)
19. Alison Krauss & Union Station (27/32)
        "Alison Krauss & Union Station Live" (7)
        "Arcadia" (6)
19. Dave Van Ronk (27)
        "Down in Washington Square" (4)
        "Going Back To Brooklyn" (4)
21. Jenny Reynolds (26)
        "Willow & Stone" (25)
22. Nanci Griffith (25)
        "One Fair Summer Evening" (4)
        "Clock Without Hands" (4)
23. Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus (24)
        "Pattonville" (23)
23. John Flynn (24)
        "American Dissident" (8)
        "If Jesus Had An AK - single" (8)
23. Pete Seeger (24)
        "American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1" (10)
23. Sad Daddy (24)
        "Ozark Shine" (24)
23. Willie Nelson (24)
        "Dream Chaser" (16)
28. Allison Russell (23)
        "In the Hour of Chaos" (20)
28. Billy Strings (23)
        "So Much for Goodbyes" (15)
28. I'm With Her (23)
        "Sing Me Alive" (15)
        "Wild & Clear & Blue" (6)
28. John McCutcheon (23)
        "Field of Stars" (7)
        "This Land: Woody Guthrie's America" (3)
        "Sermon On The Mound" (3)
        "Untold" (3)
28. Sophie Wellington (23)
        "Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still" (23)
33. Crys Matthews (21)
        "Citizen" (8)
        "Changemakers" (6)
        "Reclamation" (4)
33. David Scott Weaver (21)
        "Songs of Hope & Resistance" (15)
33. John Prine (21)
        "Fair And Square" (4)
33. Joni Mitchell (21)
        "Ladies Of The Canyon" (4)
        "Night Ride Home" (4)
33. Nathan Evans Fox (21)
        "Heirloom" (21)
38. Phil Ochs (20)
        "All The News That's Fit To Sing" (7)
38. Tipps & Obermiller (20)
        "Little-Kid Heart" (20)
38. Tom Russell (20)
        "Modern Art" (4)
41. Rodney Crowell (19)
        "Then Again" (16)
41. Steep Canyon Rangers (19)
        "Next Act" (12)
43. Arlo Guthrie (18)
        "Alice's Restaurant" (3)
43. Dervish (18)
        "The Great Irish Songbook, Vol. 2: Poets & Storytellers" (16)
43. Eliza Gilkyson (18)
        "2020" (3)
        "Dark Ages" (3)
        "Land Of Milk And Honey" (3)
43. Linda Ronstadt (18)
        "Heart Like a Wheel" (3)
47. Bill Morrissey (17)
        "Bill Morrissey" (3)
        "Standing Eight" (3)
47. Dala (17)
        "Girls From The North Country" (8)
47. Dar Williams (17)
        "Epilogue/The Cellar Tapes" (3)
        "Hummingbird Highway" (3)
47. Kacey Musgraves (17)
        "Middle of Nowhere" (17)
47. Kate Wolf (17)
        "Close To You" (8)
        "The Wind Blows Wild" (4)
52. Andy Revkin (16)
        "Wake Me Up Martha" (9)
        "For Those Who Put To Sea - single" (5)
52. Bella White (16)
        "A Sign in the Weather" (14)
52. Greg Brown (16)
        "If I Had Known: Essential Recordings, 1986-1996" (3)
        "The Milk of the Moon" (3)
52. John Gorka (16)
        "unentitled" (3)
52. The Rolling Stones (16)
        "Foreign Tongues" (14)

TOP LABELS of July 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 10781 plays from 378 playlists from 96 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (184)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (148)
3. Thirty Tigers (111)
4. Columbia (98)
5. Red House (94)
6. Legacy (93)
7. Compass (86)
8. Signature Sounds (80)
9. Free Dirt (62)
10. Nonesuch (54)
11. Elektra (53)
12. Appleseed (48)
13. Rhino (47)
13. Sugar Hill (47)
15. Crooked Cyclone (45)
16. Warner (44)
17. Fenchurch (40)
18. New West (39)
19. Reprise (37)
20. Yep Roc (36)
21. Philo (35)
22. Adhyâropa (34)
22. Borealis (34)
24. Berkalin (33)
25. Lula (31)
26. Mad Maker (30)
27. RCA (29)
28. Hartland (28)
28. Loma Vista (28)
30. Circus Tent (27)
31. Rebel (26)
32. Appalsongs (25)
32. Free Radio (25)
32. Gallway Bay (25)
32. Lost Highway (25)
32. Oh Boy (25)
37. Animada (23)
37. Capitol (23)
37. Fantasy (23)
37. Sony (23)
37. Vanguard (23)
42. Bear Family (22)
42. Down The Road (22)
44. Appalseed (20)
44. Blue Pine (20)
44. Lantzapalooza (20)
44. Shamus (20)
44. Shanachie (20)
44. Waterbug (20)
50. Atlantic (19)
50. Pinecastle (19)
52. Concord (18)
53. Hightone (17)
53. Tompkins Square (17)
55. Righteous Babe (16)
55. SME (16)

FOLK DJs - July 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 10781 plays from 378 playlists from 96 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP & WHQR-FM, NC)
Art Stevenson (WORT-FM, WI)
Artie Martello (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Bud Johnson (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM & mixcloud.com, GA)
David John (KAXE/KBXE-FM & KEOS-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Denis McGilvray (KWGS-FM, OK)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Ed Mellnick (KBOO-FM, OR)
Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, MN)
Eureka Mike (WFCF-FM & thesonicplanet.com, FL)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com, UK)
Graham Dean & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, UK)
JB Nuttle (WSDL-FM, MD)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (KBOO-FM & mixcloud.com, OR)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-FM & soundcloud.com, NY)
Juliet Youngren (WEFT-FM, IL)
Justin Helmer (KVSC-FM, MN)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Katrina Knight (folkmusicnotebook.com & mixcloud.com)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Kevin Vance (KALW-FM & syndicated, CA)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM & mixcloud.com, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR/WGDH-FM, VT)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee  & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM & WUMB-FM, MA)
Michael Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & folktunefinder.com, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Hefti (KUTZ-FM & mixcloud.com, UT)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
Sonny Ochs (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Stella Prince (KPFK-FM, CA)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM & syndicated, BC)
Steven Morrison (KBOO-FM, OR)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WWUH-FM & WHUS-FM, CT)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)
Wayne Greene (KEOS-FM, TX)
Zeke Duckworthy & Andy Rogovin (WZBC-FM, MA)


Releases new to the chart in July:

Adeem the Artist: "White Trash Revelry" (Thirty Tigers)
Adeline: "Adeline" (Self)
Adkins And Loudermilk: "Adkins And Loudermilk" (Mountain Fever)
Adler & Hearne: "Second Nature" (Spring Hollow)
Adler & Hearne: "The Ties That Bind Us" (Howlin' Dog)
Adler And Hearne: "Live At Eddie's Attic" (Spring Hollow)
Adler And Hearne: "Simpatico" (Spring Hollow)
Adler And Hearne: "To The Heart" (Spring Hollow)
Admiral Radio: "Heirloom" (Free Dirt)
Adrian And Meredith: "More Than A Little" (Vertigo)
Adrian Legg: "Guitar Bones" (Favored Nations)
Adrianna Ciccone: "The Back Of Winter" (Self)
Adrienne Young And Little Sadie: "Plow To The End Of The Row" (Igo)
Adrienne Young And Little Sadie: "Room To Grow" (AddieBelle)
Adrienne Young And Little Sadie: "The Art Of Virtue" (AddieBelle)
Aengus Finnan: "Once Upon A Time" (3 Centre Stage)
Al Stewart With Dave Nachmanoff: "Uncorked" (Wallaby Trails)